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High Wind Watches in Montana, 2020
45 high wind watches in 2020. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of high wind watches reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 45
- Busiest month
- October9 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- January 2, 20203 high wind watches
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Mountain Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 3:30 AM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | 31 hr | |
| Jan 2, 12:29 PM MST | High Wind Watch | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Golden Valley and 9 more | 23 hr |
| Jan 2, 2:07 PM MST | High Wind Watch | GGW | Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Prairie and 1 more | 25 hr |
| Jan 3, 2:55 PM MST | High Wind Watch | GGW | Daniels, Richland, Roosevelt, Sheridan | 12 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:19 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BYZ | Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 12 hr |
| Jan 28, 1:52 PM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | 43 hr | |
| Jan 30, 9:20 AM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | 29 hr | |
| Jan 30, 3:15 PM MST | High Wind Watch | GGW | Phillips | 12 hr |
| Feb 3, 2:24 AM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | 24 hr | |
| Mar 2, 8:47 AM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | 17 hr | |
| Mar 2, 2:06 PM MST | High Wind Watch | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 5 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:23 PM MST | High Wind Watch | MSO | Deer Lodge, Granite, Missoula, Powell, Ravalli, Silver Bow | 17 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:32 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | 24 hr | |
| May 2, 7:26 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | 8 hr | |
| May 5, 2:45 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Golden Valley, Musselshell, Park, Rosebud and 5 more | 20 hr |
| May 20, 3:50 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | 18 hr | |
| Jun 11, 2:23 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | 37 hr | |
| Sep 4, 12:34 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | MSO | Flathead, Lake, Sanders | 49 hr |
| Sep 5, 2:33 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | 24 hr | |
| Sep 23, 3:01 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | 11 hr | |
| Sep 23, 1:56 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | 14 hr | |
| Sep 23, 2:25 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | GGW | Phillips | 13 hr |
| Oct 10, 2:00 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | BYZ | Golden Valley, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 10 hr |
| Oct 10, 3:20 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | 10 hr | |
| Oct 12, 10:36 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | 28 hr | |
| Oct 12, 2:18 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | MSO | Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral and 5 more | 24 hr |
| Oct 13, 3:20 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Golden Valley, Powder River, Rosebud and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Oct 14, 3:56 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | 37 hr | |
| Oct 15, 2:48 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | BYZ | Golden Valley, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 11 hr |
| Oct 26, 3:00 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | 11 hr | |
| Oct 28, 2:25 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | 24 hr | |
| Nov 2, 2:38 AM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | 71 hr | |
| Nov 12, 11:25 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BYZ | Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 17 hr |
| Nov 12, 2:03 PM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | 14 hr | |
| Nov 25, 1:55 PM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | 25 hr | |
| Nov 29, 2:55 AM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | 22 hr | |
| Dec 5, 12:40 PM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | 26 hr | |
| Dec 6, 2:16 PM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | 31 hr | |
| Dec 16, 3:41 AM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | 48 hr | |
| Dec 17, 3:10 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BYZ | Golden Valley, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 24 hr |
| Dec 18, 3:11 AM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | 23 hr | |
| Dec 18, 12:17 PM MST | High Wind Watch | GGW | Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Prairie and 4 more | 39 hr |
| Dec 21, 11:00 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BYZ | Big Horn, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Musselshell, Powder River and 3 more | 15 hr |
| Dec 21, 12:02 PM MST | High Wind Watch | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more | 15 hr |
| Dec 21, 3:11 PM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | 13 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Sweet Grass County8
- Wheatland County8
- Golden Valley County6
- Phillips County6
- Stillwater County5
- Big Horn County4
- Park County4
- Rosebud County4
- Yellowstone County4
- Dawson County4
- Garfield County4
- McCone County4
- Petroleum County4
- Prairie County4
- Valley County4
- Richland County4
- Roosevelt County4
- Carbon County3
- Carter County3
- Musselshell County3
- Powder River County3
- Treasure County3
- Daniels County3
- Wibaux County3
- Custer County2
- Fallon County2
- Sheridan County2
- Deer Lodge County2
- Granite County2
- Missoula County2
- Powell County2
- Ravalli County2
- Silver Bow County2
- Flathead County2
- Lake County2
- Sanders County2
- Lincoln County1
- Mineral County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.